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Arenite, shale, dolostone, siltstone, conglomerate, chert, and limestone; Lower Ordovician marine outer continental-shelf deposits; central Idaho

Lower Ordovician dolomite, nodular cherty limestone, and intraformational conglomerate.
StateIdaho
NameArenite, shale, dolostone, siltstone, conglomerate, chert, and limestone; Lower Ordovician marine outer continental-shelf deposits; central Idaho
Geologic ageEarly Ordovician
Original map labelOl
CommentsUnit also included informally named sandy siltstone and quartzite of the Rob Roy mine area, according to Isaacson (1983).
Primary rock typearenite
Secondary rock typeshale
Other rock typesdolostone (dolomite); siltstone; conglomerate; chert; limestone
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone > Arenite (Bed)Clayton Mine Quartzite (feldspathic quartzite)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)sandy siltstone of the Rob Roy mine area
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)Bayhorse Dolomite, dolomitic limestone, limestone
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)Ramshorn Slate and argillite
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)limestone, sandy limestone, dolomitic limestone
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (Lense)chert lenses in Bayhorse Dolomite
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Lense)thin lensed of pebbly qtzt cgl in Clayton Mine qtzt
Map references
Bond, J.G., Kauffman, J.D., Miller, D.A., and Venkatakrishnan, Ramesh, 1978, Geologic map of Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, with contributions from U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Unit references
Bond, J.G., Kauffman, J.D., Miller, D.A., and Venkatakrishnan, Ramesh, 1978, Geologic map of Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, with contributions from U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Isaacson, P.E., 1983, Stratigraphic correlation of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic rocks of Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, Information Circular 37.
Ross, C.P., 1934, Correlation and interpretation of Paleozoic stratigraphy in south-central Idaho: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 45, no. 5, p. 937-1000.
Rember, W.C. and Bennett, E.H., 1979, Geologic map of the Challis quadrangle, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, Geologic Map Series, Challis 2o quadrangle, scale 1:250,000.
Hobbs, S.W. and Hays, W.H., 1990, Ordovician and older rocks of the Bayhorse region, Custer County, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1891, 40 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:125,000).
Geographic coverageCuster

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